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Yeh, pirates rooms have some clowns messing everything up.

We used to use the pre production room and literally nothing was ever right. Nothing was connected to what it was supposed to be, nothing worked apart from the odd pa top, and worse it gave some of us bad hearing issues.

We now use the smaller room and it's better.

Weirdly our drummer has to set up their drum kit every time (pro drummer) takes him about an hour to get everything right with the kit that's left in the room in a right state. Then magically 7 days later someone has come in and put it back to next to useless again!

Fender have released a 50w Adam clayton combo. Tube pre and tube power.

48 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Fender breaking new ground yet again 

 

In a way ...... this one is £2000 !

Just popped up on my fb feed.

50w valve pre and valve power.

Combo. Decent adjustable frequency eq.

Looks good.

A bit pricey though.....

59 minutes ago, police squad said:

i shall try it when I'm better. I realise we need our core strength as we get older and will be working on it

Youd be amazed at how linked the legs are to back issues. Any stretching I do really helps.

1 hour ago, police squad said:

I seem to have a bulging disc atm. The muscles have been in spasm for about 8 weeks and that makes everything worse.

If we can get the muscles out of spasm (some electric thing that manipulates the muscles) it should help stop the back joints being forced out of line and hence, stop the disc bulging.

 

In fact, literally half an hour ago, it went mental on me. I was in agony. Eventually I managed to get myself on the floor, I did a couple of stretches that click my lower back and bingo, it has eased off

I had/have 2 prolapse discs and a damaged joint.

By far and away the best exercises I found for relief and prevention are not back exercises at all.... if it helps this is what I did.

Try slowly touching your toes when you can - stretch those calves.

Try lifting your knee upto your chest when lying on your back. Grab it with your arms.

Once you can do that lie flat and lift both legs in the air straight, so it works your core.

Regularly tense your stomach so your body uses its core strength, not your back strength.

Just what worked for me, but feel free to try if you wish.

1 hour ago, zoeyxox said:

Hi, i can come pick it up this week for 150? 

I'll send you a PM. Thanks.

In a live mix I just use the pedal, cab sim on, bass about 11 o'clock, mids about 2 o'clock, freq around 10 o'clock, and treble about 11 o'clock.

Using a precision it sounds nice and grindy, fits the mix lovely through the pa. 

1 minute ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Somehow the delivery failed because of a slightly miswritten address otherwise I would have had it early this afternoon, but instead it got dropped off at a pickup point, and I just got the message that it was ready for pickup, so within an hour I am going to pick it up.

 

Very exited!

 

Just hope it will be free of all the issues I've read some people has experienced with getting the, quite crucial for this pedal's functionality, software to work properly.

 

Still at that price for, judging from what I've read and heard, such an absolutely amazing pedal I guess somewhat lacking quality control is fully acceptable, after all I still got 30 days full refund with no questions asked.

 

Will report back as soon as I've had chance to test it properly.

 

Though really I am just looking for one set and forget tone, so just going to browse through the combinations while twisting knobs, until I find the one that works best for me and the rest of my setup.

Just remember the I instructions above about turning it on when holding down the buttons, you need BOTH lights to be flashing to edit.

I'd also highly recommend the bass centre john entwistle bass. Really was a superb bass that. I dont know how or why but it was better built, felt better and sounded better than other bass centre basses I've had.

8 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

I finally placed an order on one of these preamp pedals, should arrive by the end of the week.

 

From what you wrote it sounds like I will be using the Nordstrand StarLifter amp model and 4 X 10" Trace Elliot cab model. 

 

Took NUX quite a while to include more amp and stock cab models, hopefully more will be added, as promised, though if the StarLifter + Trace cab model does a decent job at emulating a Trace Elliot like rig I should be more than happy with what this pedal comes with currently from stock.

 

And I for one am totally fine with it's "set and forget via PC" nature of this pedal too.

 

One great amp+cab sim that meet my preference is all I need really.

 

I'm now on the mld amp and svt 8x10. Gigged with it, sounded great. Big and heavy sound like an svt, complete contrast to the starfire and trace  - which shows its versatility.

Take the financial loss and buy the one you want, then sell the one you dont. Take the financial hit, you'll not notice it as you'll be so happy with the new one.

7 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

Mike Dirnt of Green Day with a Squier Precision signature instrument?

I'm not sure, doesnt he play the fender version, rather than the squire?

Got to admit theres some strange choices when it comes to signature basses. Youd think theyd have to be completely unique to warrant one - like the Bootsy star bass.

Plus, I dont see it being a signature bass if the artist then doesnt play them, seems a bit of a swizz.

But, for balance I had the fender flea jazz which was odd as it was a replica of a jazz flea owned, not really played, but it's the best bass I've ever owned.

Then I suppose theres marcus miller putting his name and effort into Sire.

I'd love to see a high end name, like a real big name, get a signature from a real cheap brand so their fans could own one, and then play it live in front of them, thatd be cool.

3 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

Having some issues with volume peaks from my bass, hoping someone can help me... I don't particularly like the compressor on my Fender Downtown Express pedal, I probably need to invest more time with it tbh, but wondering if the amp built in compressor can help me even out volume spikes from going fingers to pick and playing harder and softer? Whenever I've used the onboard compressor it's always been a bit too squashy, sucks the volume, and seems to take a bit of character out of the sound. Does anyone actually use it and can you advise a good way to get the best out of it and keep the bass sounding "natural" rather than dull and squashed?

I just used to set the abm iv comp at around 9 o'clock and it worked really well.

I had the fusion s 800.

It was a very light, very good sounding amp.

It really cut through any mix.

The controls were a bit daft and not that easy to suss out, but they're good amps. They just kinda work no matter what you do.

Open to offers.

19 hours ago, cheddatom said:

I get the ampless/in-ear thing and it obviously works for loads of people. One potential drawback I can see is feedback. Some feedback is desirable, especially when playing lead guitar. How do you get feedback with no monitor or amp?

There will no doubt be a pedal to emulate feedback somewhere nowadays.

3 hours ago, greentext said:

glad to hear you had a good experience, ive always been totally against it for me as i don’t know how id feel about being in such a bubble and unconnected to the crowd, I play a lot of punk and hardcore shows so being in the room is a much of the experience as the music, people screaming and throwing themselves off stage is what its all about.

 

BUT there is another part of me that id really enjoy to be able to analyse my bass playing using in ears. Im not there yet but i think ill get there one day i will get into it

Also if you feel like you arent getting anything back audience noise wise, can always put a mic on stage facing out and blend some of the crowd noise into the IEM mix so your not in the bubble so much, something I saw Adam Nealy doing and thought it was genius (might already be doing it), thanks for sharing 🤘

That was a big difference - I'd tried in ears before but with amps on stage, so I'd put the items right in and not only had a terrible mush monitor mix, but I felt isolated from everyone in the room.

This time the stage was that clear sounding, I used the iems not quite fully in, so I had a good feel of the room too.

5 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Seriously, sounds great... Could open up lots of possibilities to play places that otherwise wouldn't put on bands at all, and certainly not loud amplified stuff.. 

Yep, if a drummer even went digital drums, you could play anywhere really. No acoustic noise.

4 hours ago, Len_derby said:

Glad it’s gone well for you.

Two questions though. Firstly, was there any resistance to it in the band? It’s a common human trait to be wary of change but whenever I’ve suggested doing something similar there’s been the sound of some heels being dug-in.

Secondly, assuming you have a drummer, how have you handled that side of things? I’ve just re-read and seen that you do have a drummer. Did he/she have to rein it in?

We were quite lucky that we have a keyboardist and they seem more receptive than guitarists in going in ears. Then the guitarist bought a helix, then the other one did, so it seemed a natural progression. We started plugging into the practice rooms pa rather than using the supplied amps and decided to give the whole thing a try. No resistance, a bit of hesitancy, but we'll be fully on it at every gig soon.

Drum wise all we did is supply the drummer with a small wedge monitor from the thru on the pa so he had a full house mix and he was very happy.

So, after 30 years of gigging with an amp behind me and blaring guitars and monitors everywhere etc last night I did my first ampless gig.

None of us used amps (x2 guitars, x1 keys and me on bass) so the only noise apart from the pa was the drums.

We used in ears with our own mix.

It really was great. No need to worry about a bad mix or not hearing anything.

However, the main revelation which should have been totally obvious but wasnt, was that for years it's been the amps on stage that have been the problem on stage regarding hearing everyone, rather than being a necessity to hear everyone.

Everyone could hear the pa perfectly clear and could have easily got away without the in ears.

The in ears were perfect and I kind of had the 2/3ds in rather than fully as a reinforcement.

For years I've played with guitars at a million decibels and not been able to hear them at times, hardly ever heard keys and had bad monitor mixes.

But I'm now convinced it's the amps that were the problem. Just sound smashing around everywhere.

I'm from the totally hardcore you need a big old amp behind you and need to feel the bass and the wall of sound, but now weve took some time and done the ampless thing as a whole band I'd reluctantly have to change my mind.

The front of house mix was so much easier to do as well. Literally just have to worry about what's coming out of the front. No clash or bleed with amps, direction, or monitors etc.

Oh, and pack down took 15 mins and was so easy and lightweight with no compromise on sound.

27 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

I'd want to fix some lights in it somehow.. 

I've already held some lights behind it -to see and  it looks amazing!

Annnnndddd......

Yeah!!

Finally found another.

Well chuffed.

Yes it's a bolt on as the photo above